Princess Carlotta and Ginevra spying on Angry Lord Lorenzo in the field.

Lord Lorenzo felt bored and exhausted.

For someone like him, it was extremely hard to feel this way and he wondered if it was as a result of the encounter he has with Prince Aiken earlier that day.

His mother's words wouldn't stop ringing in his ears:

*Someday, you'll become a father and I'm so sure you'll never want to watch anyone hurt your child* he couldn't get rid of those lines.

Become a father? But how?.

How, when he was under a curse? How, when he had lost his previous wives in the process of giving him a child?

He was cursed and was never going to have an heir, a successor. When he dies, his legacy would be gone and rulership passed onto another.

He dropped the feather he was writing with and covered his face with his palms, taking a deep breath. Over the years, he's never felt so torn, so broken.

He was nearly diving into the dark quiet side of him when he heard his door opening. His eyes were still covered but he cou